Win-Key shows ConEmu when 'Auto-hide on focus lose' is enabled (and focus was lost due to windows start menu)

[FunkMonkey]

When Auto-hide on focus lose is enabled and ConEmu is focused and I use the win-key to open the start menu, ConEmu will hide (as expected), but using the win-key again makes ConEmu appear again (unexpected).

Thinking about it, the reason is clear: using win again will give focus to the previous window, which is ConEmu. Still I would like ConEmu to stay hidden.

Guess there should be an option if ConEmu is relivable by giving it focus again...

Thanks

[Maximus5]

Quake? Show your settings.

Anyway, I do not think there may be reasonable solution. Focus is given to ConEmu by Windows. No way to determine "origin" of GetFocus event.

[FunkMonkey]

oh. yes. Quake-mode.

I'd propose, that in Quake-mode only (and wiht auto-hide enabled) ConEmu should not be shown when it gets the focus - it should only be shown when the user hits the hotkey for showing or opens a new console in ConEmu (f. ex. from context menu, etc.). No need to determine the origin of the focus event as it should be ignored completely.

This obviously could/should be a configurable option.

It is actually the behaviour of ConsoleZ in quake mode.

Thanks

[Maximus5]

ConEmu may be shown in TaskBar, either as "button" or in the status area.
When user clicks the icon - ConEmu have to be shown.
Obviously there was no global hotkey pressed.
Objections?

[FunkMonkey]

Nope. You are right. Did not think of that. I actually don't have a taskbar icon for ConEmu. Does enabling Quake-mode in the first-start-options automatically set Don't show ConEmu Window on Taskbar? (because that option was enabled for me)

Thus my proposed behaviour actually only makes sense when all 3 options are set (quake-mode, auto-hide and don't show on taskbar) - I see that is a quite specific case...

I would (obviously) still like an option for not unhiding ConEmu on focus event, but I totally understand if it is too much of an edge case and not worth implementing.

[Maximus5]

I will think about an option.
You forget about an icon in TaskBar status area. It's clickable too.

[FunkMonkey]

That is true, but in contrast to the taskbar icons, click handling for notification area icons is handled by the application itself, thus it shouldn't be a problem here as there doesn't need to be a focus event (and depending on the current implementation may not be currently either).

Thanks a lot for considering! :)

[Maximus5]

Agree

[Maximus5]

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[robmsmt]

Was this included? Maybe I am missing something, I am having this issue in that when quake always on top is active it can lose focus. I am coming from guake on linux which is the functionality I am trying to mimic. If you accidentally click outside the window it'll lose focus meaning you'll type/control another window. Is there a way to force focus only on conemu whilst it's displaying?

[Maximus5]

@robmsmt Didn't understand your question

[robmsmt]

@Maximus5 - my mistake. Having properly set this it works as it should. This should be closed.